* Fears Mali’s rebellion could cross the border * Niger home to Sahel’s largest Tuareg population * Nomadic herders seeking desert homeland By Nathalie Prevost TCHINTABARADEN,…
* Mali junta troops move to mop resistance * PM says assailants tried to destabilise Mali * ECOWAS bloc leaders to meet in Dakar (Adds prime…
AFP BAMAKO (AFP) An Al-Qaeda splinter group wants a total of 45 million euros in ransoms for two European women aid workers and seven Algerian diplomats…
By AOMAR OUALI Associated PressWorld Video ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerian security forces killed 20 members of an al-Qaida splinter group who were allegedly about to…
By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF Associated Press AP Photo/Matt Dunham CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s North African affiliate Monday offered to free a British hostage if London allows a…
DUBAI, April 30 (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North African branch has offered to free a British hostage in return for the release of radical preacher Abu…
BAMAKO May 1 (Reuters) – Soldiers from Mali’s ruling junta on Tuesday overran the main barracks of the presidential guard in the capital, witnesses and a…
* Gunfire heard near Mali state TV, central Bamako * Junta says in control of strategic sites * Mali junta says attackers backed by foreigners (Adds…